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Female Pollen Wasp on Phacelia calthifolia - Pseudomasaris basirufus - female
Copyright © 2016 Aaron Schusteff

Female Pollen Wasp on Phacelia calthifolia - Pseudomasaris basirufus - Female
In dead-end box-canyon east off Badwater Road, a few miles north of Mormon Point, Death Valley National Park, Inyo County, California, USA
February 14, 2016
Thank goodness I got this shot...it shows the diagnostic markings for identifying the female here (white spot on mandibles; and absence of white spot on the frons).

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Female Pollen Wasp on Phacelia calthifolia - Pseudomasaris basirufus - female Female Pollen Wasp on Phacelia calthifolia - Pseudomasaris basirufus - female Female Pollen Wasp on Phacelia calthifolia - Pseudomasaris basirufus - female
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Contributed by Aaron Schusteff on 1 March, 2016 - 5:09pm

Congratulations, Aaron -
Great addition!
Alas, I haven't had time to follow up on the DV flower reports. Still, having a great time with my grandkids. Grandson shared Stenophora mckittricki in his preschool today. We just found them again last week.
… Hartmut Wisch, 1 March, 2016 - 6:05pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Hartmut
Glad to know that there will be another generation of naturalists following in their grandfather's tradition :-)

Guess you're referring to the neat beetle below:



I like Dennis's comments in his post (i.e. first discovered as a fossil...and "like a wind-up toy" :-)
… Aaron Schusteff, 8 March, 2016 - 11:50pm login or register to post comments

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